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The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell on Thursday called for de-escalation on the Lebanon-Israel border during a visit to Beirut amid ongoing fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. “Since I last visited Lebanon in January, the drums of war have not stopped pounding,” Borrell said, noting that as of yet, a full-blown conflict in south Lebanon “has not happened”. “That’s good news,” he said during a news conference with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. “We need to de-escalate military tensions,” he added, urging “all sides to pursue this path”. Borrell’s vi…